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What We Were Promised

by Lucy Tan ...

Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of ... Read more

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Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of
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Tiger's Mouth

A Novel

by Lucy Tan ...

Series series Thousand Voices
When two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the oldest son of caterers from Queens, is an expert at studying the rich from afar. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O. ... Read more

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When two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the oldest son of caterers from Queens, is an expert at studying the rich from afar. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O.
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Ploughshares Winter 2015-2016 Volume 41 No. 4

by Lisa Fetchko, Laurie Baker, Piyali Bhattacharya, Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis, Meng Jin, Joan Murray, Lisa Julin Sharon, Ryan Ruff Smith, Jerry Whitus, Alison Wisdom, George Bilgere, Graham Foust, Julian Gewirtz, Adam Giannelli, Janice N. Harrington, Richie Hofmann, Liam Hysjulien, Christopher Kempf, Michael Klein, Jennifer L. Knox, Kien Lam, Kent Leatham, J. T. Ledbetter, Matthew Lippman, William Logan, Joseph Millar, John Mullen, Megan Peak, Anzhelina Polonskaya, Corey Quinn, Dean Rader, Jacques Rancourt, Cat Richardson, Stephanie Rogers, Tomaz Salamun, Natalie Shapero, Julie Sheehan, Sandra Simonds, Austin Smith, M.G. Stephens, Tim Suermondt, Mark Turpin, Marc Vincenz, Monica Wendel, Jason Whitmarsh, Emily Strasser, Lucy Tan, Emily Jungmin Yun ...

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and timely. Visit a ... Read more

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The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and timely. Visit a
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What We Were Promised

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Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of ... Read more

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Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of
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Tiger's Mouth

A Novel

by Lucy Tan ...

Series series Thousand Voices
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When two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the oldest son of caterers from Queens, is an expert at studying the rich from afar. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O. ... Read more

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When two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the oldest son of caterers from Queens, is an expert at studying the rich from afar. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O.
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Clock Dance

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by Anne Tyler ...

Narrated by Kimberly Farr ...

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9 hours 12 min

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY**• ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London)A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.**Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, ... Read more

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NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY**• ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London)A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.**Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967,
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Eternal Sonata

A Thriller of the Near Future

by Jamie Metzl ...

Narrated by James Anderson Foster ...

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9 hours 31 min

A few dead bodies are a small price to pay in the quest for immortality.In 2025 America, it’s hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently—all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental ... Read more

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A few dead bodies are a small price to pay in the quest for immortality.In 2025 America, it’s hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently—all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental
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The Color of Air

A Novel

by Gail Tsukiyama ...

Narrated by Brian Nishii, Natalie Naudus ...

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9 hours 21 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai’i's sugar plantations.Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai’i's sugar plantations.Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike
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The Color of Air

A Novel

by Gail Tsukiyama ...

PARADE’sBest Books to Read this Summer"A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever.” -New York Times bestselling author Lisa SeeDaniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the ... Read more

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PARADE’sBest Books to Read this Summer"A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever.” -New York Times bestselling author Lisa SeeDaniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the
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It Would Be Night in Caracas

A Novel

by Karina Sainz Borgo ...

As seen in the New York Times Book ReviewTold with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman's desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future." Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela . . . the writing is tense and complex . . . dynamic." - The New York Times<... ... Read more

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As seen in the New York Times Book ReviewTold with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman's desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future." Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela . . . the writing is tense and complex . . . dynamic." - The New York Times<...
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Passage West

A Novel

by Rishi Reddi ...

A Recommended Book from BookRiot, Bustle, The Millions and Teen VogueA Los Angeles Times BESTCALIFORNIA BOOK of 2020 * A New England Independent Booksellers' 2020NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FINALISTA sweeping, vibrant first novel following a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing a ... ... Read more

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A Recommended Book from BookRiot, Bustle, The Millions and Teen VogueA Los Angeles Times BESTCALIFORNIA BOOK of 2020 * A New England Independent Booksellers' 2020NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FINALISTA sweeping, vibrant first novel following a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing a ...
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The End of the Ocean

A Novel

by Maja Lunde ...

Translated by Diane Oatley ...

From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean ... Read more

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From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean
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